Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.
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Anand Thakur
Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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To write a constitution and to open the way for elections.
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Like Russia, we have an interest in fighting radicalism and extremism.
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A coalition that was led by the United States, with Saudi Arabia being one of the first members of that coalition.
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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If you want to have children, go to your wife and make new ones.” [Bashar] Assad’s people rebelled.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground.
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